Burner.



F. T. KANE.

BURNER.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 2e, 191s.v

1,119,167, Patented De.1,1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS T. Kabinen CHICAGO, ILIIInoIs-Assrenon To A. w. ZIMMERMAN, or" cHIcAGo, ILLIIvors.

TolaZZ whom t may concern," i

`Be it known that I, FRANCIS "1T, Kann, a citizen of the United `States, `anda resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new Vand useful improvements in Burners, of which the following is declaredto be a full, clear,

and exact description. i.

This inventionrelates to burners, and has been' designed particularly for. use Vin 'con verting crude oil 'into a gaseous condition and burning the gas thus generated.'

One object is to provide a'crude oil burner with means whereby a steam jet may `be injected intothe body of crude oil to agitate the same, and thereafter to produce rpressure in the reservoir containing the .crude `oil and also in a storage chamber for containing the `generated gas, at the same time'interminglingwith the gas and purifying it. Other objects and advantages will appear in the course ofthis specification and withl and burned, or otherwise made use of in kits gaseous state.l The bottom 11, of said reservoir is shown as concave-convex in form, the concave side being exposed to its Vexterior..I A filler pipe 12, opens to` the reservoir and may lead from a suitable tank (not shown) containing a large supply of crude oil, and provided in accordance with the well known practice, lwith means for continuously supplying the reservoir with oil.

Above the reservoir 10, is a storage tank or chamber 13, connected ywith the reservoir by a number of tubes 14C, throughwhich gas may escape from thereservoir to the storage tank, and extending,` down from a point near the top of said tank is a gas conducting pipe 415, which leads to a gas burner v- 16, located below the` concave bottom 11 of the i l Specification of Letters Patent.

t l BURNER.

"arpncationfndiuly es, 1913. l serial No. 751,480. 1

reservoir.` In the form illustrated in the drawing, the gas conducting pipe 15, leads down through the bottom of the tank 13,

and through the top land bottom of the reservoir and is provided with a iiange 16, bolted to the bottom of the reservoir The open top of the pipe' 15, is arranged to be closed by a valve 17, upon the end of a screw threaded valve stem 18, of the tank13, and having a hand wheel 19, upon its outer' end by which the valve may be raised or Vlowered to control the passage of gas to the pipe 15, and to entirely close said passage.

threaded in the top The burner 16, is shown in the form of a i flat, hollow,circular body, having an air inlet 20, in its bottom wall 21, and apertures 22, in its top wall 23, for the escape of the gas. The lower end of the gas pipe 15, iiares outward, as at 24, and merges into the top wall 23, of the burner 16;` a circular diaphragm 25, is located in the hollow of the burner 16, approximately-midway between yits top and bottom dividing the chamber thereof into two passage ways, the lower passage way conducting air from the air inlet 20, to the gas passage above the diaphragm, when it mixes with the gas. The diaphragm is supportedfrom the bottom wall 21, and at its center is of cone like formation, substantially paralleling the curve between the pipe 15, and wall 23, and its peripheral edge is curled yupward to deflect the gas toward the apertures 22.

Surrounding the reservoir 10, is a water jacket, which may comprise a water chamber 26, and locatedabove said reservoir is a drum 27,`connected to said water jacket by one or more pipes 28. The drum is preferably formed with a steam dome 29, in its top, and leading down from said steam dome is a steam pipe 30, which opens into the reservoir 10, `preferably below the level of the oil therein.

The burner may be employed for many purposes and it is here shown as used for heating water contained in the jacket 26, which may be connected to any vcontainer by a feed pipe 31,`a`nd return pipe 32.

In operation, the reservoir is partly filled with crude oil, `(and thereafter constantly supplied with oil as` the lsupply in the reserv voir decreases) and 'preferably the storage tank 13, and reservoir 10, are charged with the. pipe 12,'

thereto, and steam is generated in the water jacket, which steam rises to the top of the dome 29, and passes through the pipe 80, from which it is discharged into the reservoir agitating the crude oil; as the pressure in the device lowers, (from the escape of the gas through the perforations 22) the pressure from the steam increases and forces the volatilized crude oil up through the tubes 14, into the tank 13, and out through the gas pipe 15, and perforations of the burner, 16, where it is consumed. The intermingling of the steam with the gas appears to have a purifying action on the gas and produces a blue, clear, hot flame.

kI realize that various alterations and modifications of this burner are possible Without departing from the spirit ot my invention, and I do not, therefore, desire to limit myself to the exact details ot' construction shown and described.

1 claim as new and desire to secure by l l Letters Patent 1. A crude oil burner, comprising an oil reservoir, a gas burner therebelow, a gas storage tank thereabove communicating with the reservoir, and a valve controlled gas pipe leading from the top of said storage tankv through said burner.

2. A crude oil burner, comprisingjan oil reservoir, a gas burner therebelow, a gas storage tank communicating with said reservoir, a valve controlled pipe leading from said tank to said burner, a water jacket reservoir and to said gas Copies cf this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of llatentt,`

Volatilization of ther surrounding said reservoir, av drum and -tubes v connecting said drum; with said jacket, and a steam jetting pipe leading` `trom the topof said' drum and opening to said reservoir.

3. A crude oil burner, comprising an oil reservoir, a gas burner therebelow, a gas storage tank communicating with said reservoir, a valve controlled pipe leading from said tank to said burner, a watercontainer surrounding said reservoir and having a steam dome thereabove, and a steam jettlng pipe leading from said steam domev andopening to said reservoir.

4. A crude oil burner, comprising an oil reservoir, .having `a concave bottom, a gas storage tank above said reservoir and connected thereto by a plurality of tubes, a valve controlled gas pipe leading from the top oitl the interior of said storage tank to a point directly below the bottom of vsaid reservoir, and a Vgas burner at the bottom of said pipeopening thereto and having gas apertures vinits upper wall and an air inlet in its lower wall, said upper and lower wal-ls being separated by a diaphragm the edge of which is spacedaway from the sides of the burner wall.

5. In a crude oil burner, the combination of an oil reservoir, a steam jetting pipe opening thereinto, means for' supplying steam to said pipe, a gasstorage tank above said reservoir, communicating therewith through a plurality of tubes, a valve controlled gas pipe leading from'said reservoir to a point below said reservoir and a gas burner on the end of said pipe arranged to direct the flames toward the bottom of said Washington, D. C. 

